Outside every National Weather Service (NWS) office around the U.S. stands what looks like an enormous white soccer ball, perched atop metal scaffolding several stories high. These somewhat plain ...

The Chicago area faces an elevated risk of severe weather on Tuesday evening, with intense storms capable of producing tornadoes, large hail and fierce winds. Parts of Grundy, LaSalle and Will ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Doppler radar technology has been around since the late 1800s, with its first widespread use during World War II to help detect enemy aircraft. Since the late 1940s, this same ...

When you are outdoors and see dark clouds rolling in and you pick up you phone to look at the radar - have you ever wondered how it all works? Doppler radar is one of the most powerful tools in modern ...